The Internacional Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Paulinho
Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Aug 2026
Matheus Bahia sends Internacional through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Matheus Bahia obliged against Santa Cruz. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Internacional.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Juninho shuts the door
Defensive actions: 35, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Richard
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Clayton Sampaio shuts the door
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Internacional
Alexandro Bernabei was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Sergio Rochet
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match15 Aug 2026
Bruno Tabata rescues a point for Internacional
It needed Bruno Tabata to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against São Paulo, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bruno Tabata is off the mark for Internacional
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
- Squad Matheus Bahia is off the mark for Internacional
- Market Internacional put Jhonatan Almeida up for sale
- The terraces The press have found their man in Bruno Tabata